Improvement in studs or buttons



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Studs or Buttons.

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J OHE W. RIOKER, OF CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN STUDS OR BUTTONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l29,904, dated July 30, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, JOHN W. Brown, of Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Studs or Buttons for Wearing Apparel, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view (enlarged) of my improved stud. Fig. 2 is.a perspective view (enlarged) of the same, the back being turned up in line with its flattened shank. Fig. 3 is a section through the stud on the line a: w of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section on the line y y of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 2 z of Fig. 3.

My invention consists in a stud provided Wllih. a flattened shank, to which a plate or back is pivoted in suchmanner that it may slide thereon,.so that it may be brought in linetherewith to. readily enter the buttonholes, and may be swung around at right angles thereto, where it is held by a spring in a position for keeping the two portions of the garment together, the outer end of one or both sides of the shank being provided with a shoulder, against which one end of the back or plate bears, for the purpose of preventing it from swinging out of the line of the shank while entering the button-holes.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and usemy invention, I will proceed to dtesclgibe the manner in which I have carried 1 011 In the said drawing, A is the front portion of the stud, provided with a short flattened .shank, B, having two cars or projections, 01. a,

at its outer end, between which, and pivoted thereto at 8, fits a narrow strip of metal, b, secured to the under side of the plate C, which forms the back of the stud, a longitudinal space or opening, 0, being left between them to allow the back G to be moved from end to end on its pivot, and for the reception of a flat bent spring, d, which exerts a pressure uponthe pivot 8 to prevent its being moved out of a depression,9, made in the center of the strip I), whenplaced across or at right angles to the shank in a position, Figs. 1 and 3,

.for holding the portions of the garment together. Each side of each car a is provided with a shoulder, 10, and, as the back 0 is of greater width than the strip b, each end 11 of the back 0 projects slightly outside the end of the strip b, so that when the back is turned up into the positions seen in Figs. 2 and 4 one of its ends, 11, will abut against the shoulders 10, which act as stops to hold it in line with the shank B in a position to enter the button-holes in the garment, after which the back is turned over and slid along on its pivot 8 until the latter drops into the depression 9, where it is retained, as previously described, by the spring 01 in the position seen in Figs. 1 and 3-. I prefer to make the back 0 and shank B of the same width, in order that no obstruction may be offered in entering them within the button-holes or removing them therefrom.

If desired, the stud may be reversed so as to bring the back in front. v

I am aware that a stud has been constructed with a round hollow shank or post provided with a sliding slotted cross-bar which could be brought into line therewith, the crossbar, when at right angles thereto, being retained in place by a spiral spring within the hollow shank; but no stop was provided for holding it in line with the shank while entering the button-holes, and, consequently, it was liable to turn or swing over to either side. The shank was also necessarily of considerable length to accommodate the spring, and the two portions of the garment were not held together as closely as desired. Furthermore, the stud was adapted for eyelets only, and could not be used for button-holes.

My improved stud overcomes all of these 1 I do not, therefore, claim broadly a stud or button having a shank provided with a sliding spring d, constructed, arranged, and operatslotted back or cross-bar; but ing. substantially as described.

What I do claim as my invention, and desire Witness my hand this 22d day of May, A. to secure by Letters Patent, is- D. 187 2.

A stud or button having a flattened shank, J OHN W. RIOKER. B, provided with one or more shoulders, in In presence of--- combination with the sliding flattened back 0, N. W. STEARNs,

with its projecting end or ends 11, and the W. J. CAMBRIDGE. 

